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FromMiddle English, borrowed fromOld Frenchconclusion, fromLatinconclūsiō, from the past participle stem ofconclūdere(“to conclude”), fromcon- +‎claudō, ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*kleh₂u-(“key, hook, nail”). Bysurface analysis,conclude +‎-sion.

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conclusion (countable anduncountable,pluralconclusions)

  1. Theend,finish,close orlastpart of something.
    • 1855,William H[ickling] Prescott, “Early Days of Philip”, inHistory of the Reign ofPhilip the Second, King of Spain, volume I, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company,→OCLC, book I,page60:
      At the end of the seventh hour, a flourish of trumpets announced theconclusion of the contest;[…]
    • 1989 October,Richard R. Burt, “Status of the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks”, inDepartment of State Bulletin: The Official Monthly Record of United States Foreign Policy, volume89, number2151, page19, column 3:
      Some have recently questioned whetherconclusion of a START treaty is a lower priority for the Bush Administration thanconclusion of a conventional force in Europe (CFE) treaty or whether we want to delay START pending progress in CFE.
  2. Theoutcome orresult of aprocess oract.
  3. Adecision reached after carefulthought.
    The board has come to theconclusion that the proposed takeover would not be in the interest of our shareholders.
    • 1598–1599 (first performance),William Shakespeare,Much Adoe about Nothing. […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] forAndrew Wise, andWilliam Aspley, published1600,→OCLC,[Act I, scene i]:
      [I]n her boſome Ile vnclaſpe my heart, / And take her hearing priſoner with the force / And ſtrong incounter of my amorous tale: / Then after to her father will I breake, / And theconcluſion is, ſhe ſhal be thine, [...]
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster,The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.:Field Museum of Natural History,→ISBN, page vii:
      With fresh material, taxonomicconclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for soundconclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get [...]
  4. (logic) In anargument orsyllogism, theproposition thatfollows as anecessaryconsequence of thepremises.
    • 1716 April 20 (Gregorian calendar),Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 32. Monday, April 9.[1716.]”, inThe Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published1721,→OCLC:
      He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him theconclusion.
  5. (obsolete) Anexperiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.
  6. (law) The end or close of apleading, for example, the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
  7. (law) Anestoppel orbar by which a person is held to a particular position.
    • 1818, William Cruise,A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property:
      It was determined, that though the fine operated at first byconclusion, and passed no interest, yet the estoppel should bind the heir
  8. arrangement;settlement.

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end, final part
outcome
decision, judgment
of a syllogism

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FromOld French, fromLatinconclūsiōnem, from the past participle stem ofconclūdere(“conclude”).

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conclusion f (pluralconclusions)

  1. conclusion
    Coordinate term:introduction

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conclusion (pluralconclusiones)

  1. conclusion

Occitan

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FromLatinconclūsiō.

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conclusion f (pluralconclusions)

  1. conclusion

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